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Species is a basic taxonomy unit in biology used for defining a group of organisms that share common genetic heritage and are able to interbreed.
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FEB 11, 2017Videos
Scientists have well-documented evidence that animals and certain insects communicate via chemical signals in excreted o ...FEB 10, 2017Microbiology
Bacteriophages are everywhere. By everywhere, I mean there are about 10^31 of them on our planet - and that’s a lo ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Bald Eagles are the national bird of the United States, and in addition to that, they were also once endangered, but wer ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 08, 2017Cardiology
A giant x-ray microscope from the UK national synchrotron facility revealed the structure and dynamics of a protein call ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 08, 2017Plants & Animals
A pretty exciting event just too place at Cincinnati Zoo last Friday that tons of animal lovers are going to be excited ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2017Earth & The Environment
Thee Environmental Protection Agency, created in 1970 by President Richard Nixon for the purpose of protecting human and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Deep below the surface of the ocean, some 650-3,000 feet below, you might find one of nature’s terrifying predator ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2017Plants & Animals
Primates around the world are going through quite a pickle right now. Between the dangers of deforestation, illegal hunt ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2017Videos
Turns out reptiles can actually be trained. At zoos, this can be helpful for animal care and research. By training the r ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 02, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a number of animal species that are having a hard time right now because of the ever-changing environment. Amo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2017Videos
Did you know that the Amazon River is responsible for 25% of the water flowing into the world's oceans? When all that ri ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The mating dances of exotic spiders are captivating, for sure, but researchers are interested in learning more about how ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2017Plants & Animals
Almost 20 years ago, a researcher and ex-Marine by the name of Harry Conley was studying the coral reef rubble that was ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
President Trump has been in office for 10 days. Within those 240 hours he has set our nation back 100 years. Of interest ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 30, 2017Plants & Animals
Both Britain and New Zealand are places in the world where you’ll find yellowhammer birds. They were originally on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2017Videos
The slow loris is a relatively cute primate that currently resides on the IUCN's top 25 most endangered animals species ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2017Plants & Animals
A species of vampire bat in Brazil, better known as the hairy-legged vampire bat, has been found feasting on a very unli ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2017Plants & Animals
There exists a creature so rare that we only had tissue samples to prove its existence, but after scientists from Scripp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2017Plants & Animals
A 22-year-old African spurred tortoise that goes by the name of Bert has been outfitted with a new set of wheels to help ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 26, 2017Videos
Animals with exceptional features have always been an interesting point of discussion. How did so many evolve? And so di ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 26, 2017Plants & Animals
Not too many animal species exhibit the quality known as menopause, the (typically middle-aged) part of a female’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 25, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Grain sorghum is a grass plant crop grown for food grain, animal feed, the production of alcoholic beverages, and biofue ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
FEB 11, 2017
Videos
Scientists have well-documented evidence that animals and certain insects communicate via chemical signals in excreted o
...
FEB 10, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are everywhere. By everywhere, I mean there are about 10^31 of them on our planet - and that’s a lo
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Bald Eagles are the national bird of the United States, and in addition to that, they were also once endangered, but wer
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2017
Cardiology
A giant x-ray microscope from the UK national synchrotron facility revealed the structure and dynamics of a protein call
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
A pretty exciting event just too place at Cincinnati Zoo last Friday that tons of animal lovers are going to be excited
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Thee Environmental Protection Agency, created in 1970 by President Richard Nixon for the purpose of protecting human and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Deep below the surface of the ocean, some 650-3,000 feet below, you might find one of nature’s terrifying predator
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Primates around the world are going through quite a pickle right now. Between the dangers of deforestation, illegal hunt
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2017
Videos
Turns out reptiles can actually be trained. At zoos, this can be helpful for animal care and research. By training the r
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a number of animal species that are having a hard time right now because of the ever-changing environment. Amo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2017
Videos
Did you know that the Amazon River is responsible for 25% of the water flowing into the world's oceans? When all that ri
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The mating dances of exotic spiders are captivating, for sure, but researchers are interested in learning more about how
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
Almost 20 years ago, a researcher and ex-Marine by the name of Harry Conley was studying the coral reef rubble that was
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
President Trump has been in office for 10 days. Within those 240 hours he has set our nation back 100 years. Of interest
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Both Britain and New Zealand are places in the world where you’ll find yellowhammer birds. They were originally on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2017
Videos
The slow loris is a relatively cute primate that currently resides on the IUCN's top 25 most endangered animals species
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
A species of vampire bat in Brazil, better known as the hairy-legged vampire bat, has been found feasting on a very unli
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
There exists a creature so rare that we only had tissue samples to prove its existence, but after scientists from Scripp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
A 22-year-old African spurred tortoise that goes by the name of Bert has been outfitted with a new set of wheels to help
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 26, 2017
Videos
Animals with exceptional features have always been an interesting point of discussion. How did so many evolve? And so di
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Not too many animal species exhibit the quality known as menopause, the (typically middle-aged) part of a female’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 25, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Grain sorghum is a grass plant crop grown for food grain, animal feed, the production of alcoholic beverages, and biofue
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis